To add the Nintendo Switch into your home theater system, simply connect the HDMI output from the Switch dock into an available HDMI input on your theater’s receiver, then ensure your outgoing connections from the receiver are in their normal place.

Next, enter the System Settings menu on your Switch and navigate to the TV Settings tab, just beneath Controllers and Sensors. Select TV Sound and choose Surround Sound from the available options.

To enable surround sound on a television with external speakers, run the HDMI from the Switch dock to an available HDMI input on your television, then ensure your other audio output connections are properly in place.

Go to the TV Settings tab of the System Settings screening choose Surround Sound (or Mono/Stereo) from the available options under TV Sound.